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In 1903, Raaen graduated from the Mayville State Normal School, now Mayville State University. In 1913, she graduated from the University of Minnesota.
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Grass of The Earth: Immigrant Life in the Dakota Country (Borealis Books) by Aagot Raaen (1994-05-15)
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Aagot Raaen
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Aagot Raaen was one of five children born to Thomas T. Raaen (1827-1903) and Ragnhild (Rodningen) Raaen 1839-1923), who were both immigrants from Norway. In June 1874, the family had moved to Dakota Territory settling near Hatton, North Dakota. Thomas Raaen homesteaded 160 acres of land in Newburgh Township (now located in Steele County, North Dakota).
Aagot Raaen put herself through school and college.
She would later do graduate work at universities in Berlin and Hawaii. Raaen taught at rural schools in North Dakota as well as at Oak Grove Lutheran School in Fargo, North Dakota.
From 1917 to 1922, Aagot was the Superintendent of Schools in Steele County, North Dakota. In 1922, she began teaching at a number of post-secondary institutions in Hawaii.
The papers of Aagot Raaen are contained within the North Dakota State University Institute for Regional Studies: Aagot Raaen Photograph Collection Aagot Raaen, 1915–1953 Institute for Regional Studies records, 1950–present.
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Grass of the Earth: Immigrant Life in the Dakota Country
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By Aagot Raaen - Grass of The Earth: Immigrant Life in the Dakota Country (Boreali (1994-05-30) Paperback
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- Grass of The Earth: Immigrant Life in the Dakota Country (Borealis Books) by Aagot Raaen (1994-05-15)
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Grass of the Earth: Immigrant Life in the Dakota Country
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